https://padlet.com/daberkow1/skip1j94q6a4zchv en-us 2022-05-31 01:09:48 UTC 2022-05-31 01:39:14 UTC hello@padlet.com daberkow1 https://padlet.com/daberkow1/skip1j94q6a4zchv/wish/2205248515 The U.S. has 419 deaths from non-communicable diseases per 100,000 population per year. This is down from 483.1 in the year 2000 despite the fact that our population is bigger and older than it was then. To me, this means we have made steps in improving our nation's health; however, we still have a lot to go. For example, Japan has only 242.5 deaths per 100,000 and Canada has 291.6. Among the most developed nations, we have some of the worst death rates from non-communicable diseases.]]> 2022-05-31 01:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/daberkow1/skip1j94q6a4zchv/wish/2205248515 daberkow1 https://padlet.com/daberkow1/skip1j94q6a4zchv/wish/2205255156 Sierra Leone has the worst rates of death from noncommunicable diseases at 985.7 deaths per 100,000 per year. This is much higher than other African countries. It is down significantly from 1292.5 per 100,000 in the year 2000. The United States is very involved in the health of African nations and sends aid to combat diseases such as HIV/AIDS, maternal mortality, and malaria. ]]> 2022-05-31 01:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/daberkow1/skip1j94q6a4zchv/wish/2205255156 daberkow1 https://padlet.com/daberkow1/skip1j94q6a4zchv/wish/2205259325 Brazil has a death from non-communicable disease rate of 452 per 100,000 population. This is down from 672.3 in 2000. ]]> 2022-05-31 01:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/daberkow1/skip1j94q6a4zchv/wish/2205259325 daberkow1 https://padlet.com/daberkow1/skip1j94q6a4zchv/wish/2205267734 The United States has one of the worst rates of death from non-communicable diseases among the developed nations of the world. This is sad to me considering we are one of the wealthiest nations, but not surprising considering our healthcare system is not built with prevention as a priority, and non-communicable diseases are best fought with prevention strategies and upstream interventions. The United States seems to send a lot of aid to under-developed nations, and most of it seems to go toward things other than "health." It seems like the majority of aid goes toward security and freedom/democracy issues. I understand that these could contribute to health because of the effect of risk factors, but I am surprised that more aid doesn't go toward things like vaccines, clinics, etc. I believe the U.S. could benefit from reallocating some money that goes toward the manipulation of politics overseas to our healthcare system instead. For example, I know we have seen an increase in the amount of homelessness in our country in the past 2 years. This comes with an increase in non-communicable disease because people aren't living in healthy environments. What if some money that was going out of the nation was instead put into getting people housed? Ideally, we would have money to help other nations and help ourselves, but it doesn't seem like the U.S. government is fiscally responsible. There is a lot of waste of resources. ]]> 2022-05-31 01:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/daberkow1/skip1j94q6a4zchv/wish/2205267734